Joseph schenker



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Be it known that I, JOSEPH SCHENKER, of Brownsville, in the county'fof Houston, and State of Minnesota, have invented a new andlimproved'Windmill-Power Regulator; and I do hereby declare that the `:following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication. Y

The object of this invention is to provide a machine whereby standing or stagnant water, either in lakes or tanks or cisterne, may be utilized to drivetheavy machinery in such a manner Vthat' vby the use of awindmill the water is pumped into an elevated tank or reservoir, whence it falls down, and by the fall enough power is developed, in proportion to the height and diameter of the column of water, that a large machine may thcreby'be driven. Y

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the working parts of the machine so that the aforesaid results may be `obtained in the simplest and easiest-manner, as 'will be hereinaftermore fully described. In the accompanying drawing my invention is completely illustrated# Figure 1 being a perspective view, showing how this invention is to be applied.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of my invention, and I Figure 3 is aplan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

To make it fully understood how this invention is to be applied, Ilwill rproceed to describe its generalA principle.

A, fig, 1, represents a lake or reservoir which is on about the same level as the machinery contained in the building, B, which machinery is to be driven by the water in A. For this purpose the water is pumped by the windmill G inte a reservoir, D, which is situated suiliciently high that when the water in it falls through the pipe a towards-and against the machinery in B, sutlcient power will be developed tov drive the same. bis the waste pipe through which the water is returned to A again. c is the pipe through which' the water is pumped into the vreservoir D. The windmill C and its construction, as well as the driving parts of the' machinery in B, are more fully shown in gs. 2 andS, The wings of the mill C are secured to crank-shaft cl, which is hung in boxes `e, the latter being rigidly secured to the upper surface of a ringhf. A vertical rod, g, is secured to the crank, and receives a reciprocating 'm'otion by the revolutions of the shaft d. The rod g consists of two parts which. are'hingedtogether, as shown, andv at its lower end the said rod is secured to a horizontal bar, t, by a swivel-joint, h. By means of this swivel-joint, and also by the ringf, which revolves freely on top ofthe standard E, by which the whole mill is supported, the wings C may be turned towards the wind or in any desired direction. The bar L, which is hinged to an arm, z', which is secured to the upright E, receives an oscillating motion by the up-and-down motion of the rod g, and imparts a similar oscillating motion to a bar, K, whichis secured to an arm, K', that is attached tothe upright E, andwith whiclrbar Kthe said bar L is connected by a rod, Z. The bar K is pivoted'to a vertical rod, m, which connects with the upper ilap of a bellows, F.` Thus, as the shaft el is' revolved the water fromthe lake or reservoir A is pumped through the 'pipe e into the upper reservoir D.' The apparatus is so arranged that it will work equally well-with more or less wind, and maybe accordingly adjusted by securing the rod Zto the bars K and h at a greater or less distance from the upright The bellows F are made of iron or metal, with leather'joints, and operate in the same manner with water as ordinary bellows usually do with air. The water falls from the reservoir D through a pipe, a, and enters another bellows, Gr, which is'of similar construction as thebellows' F. Y The upper flap of G connects by a vertical rgd, oz, with the crank o ofthe driving-shaft H of the machine, so that as the flap of G moves up and down the shaft H will receive a rotary motion. rI he bellows G are provided with two water-ports which are alternately opened and closed by the self-regulating apparatus arranged on it. The same consists ofa weighted vertical bar, I, (the weight of which is half that of-thc pressure of the water,) which is hinged to the upper flap of the bellows G, and is guided in staples, p, which arc'secured in the frame K, by which frame the shaft I-I is supported. The pressure of the water presses the upper ilap of the bellows and also the rod I up. On the rod I are secured two pins, q and q. The latter, as the rod I is moved up, presses an arm, r', which is secured to an oscillating shaft, S, up, and another arm, r', in the same shaft, raises by that motion'the rod L, on the lower end of which the valve is secured, whereby the supply will be shut oil. Thus, as the rod I is raised, the supply through the pipe a to the bellows is stopped, and the weight on the said bar een then depress thelbcllows again and force the witter out through the pipe l. As soon as therod I is clown far enough the pin g will'dcprcss the arm 1 on the shaft S, and with it the arrn 7",.-so that the rod L will be thrown down and close the port for the escape, while it opens the supply, and so forth. v'The motions of'the rod L are lnnde sudden by the application of the spring t, operating on arod, t, which is connected to u crank on the shaft S for depressing L, and for stopping the escape and reopening the supply. For suddenly opening the escape und closing the supply, the rod L is operated on by a 'weighted arm, u, which is pivotcd to the frame K.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desirc'to secure by Letters Pute-nt, is-` '.lhe self-acting shut-oil` of the bellows G, operated by the weighted rod I, pins q g', arms r and t", on rod S and rod L, and by the aid of the spring t and weighted lever u; all substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

` JOSEPH SCHEN'KER.

Witnesses:

ABRAM RHoADs, RATHBUN IP. ALLEN. 

